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These BS hand-ball decisions are becoming a joke now. The officials seem to have decided that if the ball strikes the arm, then it's hand-ball and forget about the qualification within the law which stipulates it must be deliberate to be called a foul. They ruined the original off-side law by ignoring the qualifications therein, such as 'seeking to gain an advantage', and simply called any player off-side who was in the opponents half without two opposing players between him and the goal.The players aren't completely blameless when it comes to the (apparent) change in interpretation of the hand-ball rule, mind. JT's full-length dives at Stamford Bridge for example, when he used both of his hands to stop the ball. Then there are the players who attempt to get away with handling the ball, when there was plenty of time to get out of the way, and then scream how unjust the ref is for seeing through their am-drams. This decision wasn't one of those, though. This truly was one of those really, really s***e decisions.One last thing, the older ones amongst us will remember that 'hand-ball'used to be defined as deliberately touching the ball with the hand, arm AND shoulder. Now we see goals scored with the shoulder, without a word said. They must have changed that rule while I wasn't looking, too.